I experimented today with a new forum script called Vanilla. My initial observations are that it’s easy to install, attractive and minimalist. The download was just 380kb. It’s not bloated or overloaded with unnecessary features. There’s an active support community and a wide range of add-ons. Word Press integration is feasible. On the downside it’s [...]
Archives
September 10, 2006 at 3:52 pm
I’ve been writing here since July 2003 and there are several hundred entries. The archive list was getting too long so I’ve installed this dropdown menu instead: Select…
Breakfast for blokes
April 29, 2006 at 3:58 pm
I was guest speaker this morning at “Breakfast for Blokes”. This is a Christian men’s group that meets monthly for prayer and fellowship. I was honoured to be invited and used the opportunity to give some personal views on the media’s role in society and more particularly the role of newspapers in country communities. I [...]
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The world is going mad
The Age online has a box displaying the 10 most popular articles in the current edition. Anyone scanning today’s stories could be forgiven for thinking the end of the world is nigh. They include: 1. Woman marries dolphin. 2. Porn star arrested for raping boy. 8. Australia feels the heat of Proteas’ slow burn. 9. [...]
Zenwalk Linux
I’m testing Zenwalk Linux at the moment. It’s a fast minimalist distribution that provides one application for each task. It uses the XFCE window manager and includes my favorite programs like Firefox, Thunderbird, the Gimp and OpenOffice. I’m unfamiliar with the Slackware package management, but it seems simple enough, although there aren’t many in the [...]
